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| d668a4c | And the hot new things that were just starting out--Facebook and Twitter--certainly did not look like their predecessors--Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Sun Microsystems--that made physical products and employed tens of thousands of people in the process. In the years that followed, the goal went from taking huge risks to create new industries and grand new ideas, to chasing easier money by entertaining consumers and pumping out simple apps and ad.. | Ashlee Vance | ||
| fdc48d8 | The perplexing thing was that Elon seemed to drift off into a trance at times. People spoke to him, but nothing got through when he had a certain, distant look in his eyes. This happened so often that Elon's parents and doctors thought he might be deaf. "Sometimes, he just didn't hear you," said Maye. Doctors ran a series of tests on Elon, and elected to remove his adenoid glands, which can improve hearing in children. "Well, it didn't chan.. | Ashlee Vance |